Patiala: Government Bikram College of Commerce released its prospectus for the academic session 2021-22 here on Wednesday. Rajesh Kumar Sharma, Deputy Principal Secretary to Punjab Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh, presided over the releasing ceremony in the presence of the (Prof) Dr Kusum Lata, Principal of the college. The chief guest lauded efforts of the Principal for managing curricular and co-curricular activities of the college during the ongoing pandemic. TNS

SSP honours CBSE Class X toppers

Patiala: The Patiala SSP, Dr Sandeep Garg, honoured students of Police DAV Public School, who excelled in the CBSE Class X examination. Garg expressed his happiness over performance of students throughout the year while giving them trophy. He appreciated students for their efforts in making everyone proud. He also encouraged students to aim for higher institutions and work hard to achieve their goal. TNS

Lahore expert delivers lecture

Patiala: Department of Library and Information Science, Punjabi University, has started a guest lecture series through an online platform. Dr Muhammad Rafiq, Associate Professor, Institute of Information Management, University of the Punjab, Quaid-e-Azam Campus, Lahore (Pakistan), was the first speaker of the session. He spoke on “Emerging technologies in libraries”. Dr Rafiq talked about emerging technologies that influenced libraries and would shape their future. Students of the BLIS and the MLIS, researchers, librarians and faculty members from the university, Aligarh Muslim University and libraries from South Arabia attended the programme. TNS